it's not out to the. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy comes a report on. the grim search goes on the bodies of one hundred victims have now been recovered following russia's worst clothing disaster including manning children from packed games or. washington's missile shield over your chips away at relations with moscow as the u.s. stands accused of taking advantage of and i saw that sentiment to secure a future increases in your. nation's giants competition india's huge draw material exports to china keeps the mind rolling in but you delegates for it it's making the country dependent on a task growing neighbor. and investors in russia still has them as they assess the

risk of the debt crisis reading further in europe but the russian markets managed to open wednesday's session on the flats of all that if not more than that in twenty minutes. watching r.t. coming to live from moscow eleven am in the russian capital i'm marina josh and welcome to the program our one hundred people are now officially confirmed dead following the sinking of a pleasure boat on the volga river and what is russia's worst boating disaster many of them are children who were packed into a games room on the bulgarian vessel when it went down in just a matter of minutes on sunday a total of around one hundred thirty people are thought to have been killed in the tragedy we now cross live to of course. in russia's republic of tatarstan where the accident occurred. tom many bodies remain trapped underwater as we know tell us how

the recovery operation is going on and any word yet about when it will be complete it. well marina we've been talking to some of the recovery authority as the emergencies ministry divers that have been going out hour after hour to a platform above the sunken bowl daria three kilometers out from the bank in the volga river and they say and the emergencies ministry say that they're going to try and finish the recovery of bodies by the end of today that's obviously a very tricky process it's taken them a long time so far divers have had to be going inside the rooms inside the boats they've had to be working steadily through those in teams some divers going ahead to try and clear any wreckage tables and things that have fallen over as the boats as the boats sunk in any damage that may have happened and other divers then going in and extracting the bodies and bringing them to the surface so a very

a difficult process and also a very harrowing one for the relatives and survivors the remains on the banks i'm sure you can see but behind me all the flowers become bulls and particularly the amount of cuddly toys that have been put against the wall of the river boat station here in cars than just upstream from where the bulgaria sank this was to be its stopping point after its pleasure cruise up the volga and thousands of people yesterday came to pay their respects to those who lost their lives hundreds of people streaming here to lay flowers and to try and remember the people who died in that tragedy for more on the background of the tragedy how it happened and its effects will go to my report. this is the happy scene that should have seen this ship is designed almost identically to the bulk area this room almost

identical to the one that children on that ship played in but for whatever reason their fate was very different. to in the to air as crowds gathered in remembrance of those killed by the sinking of the volga pleasure boat it was the younger victims that seemed to cast the longest shadow. these schoolgirls had lost one of their classmates. who was really study together for a year she never had arguments with anyone she was a very kind girl and was always ready to help. as divers reached the playroom of one of the fold daria's upper decks they found the bodies of the children that had gathered there just before the boat sunk. once inside the boat the bodies were

everywhere and the corridors of the most of them were in the way for us divers now have the all four task for the bodies to the surface those left behind can only wonder at how fast their families were torn apart. our colleague was on that ship she went on a cruise together with her family has been five year old son andrew says she was pregnant and was to deliver her second baby and. found yet only her husband managed to survive she and her son died. and for those children left suddenly without parents the terrible truth they may not be able to comprehend for years she lost her mother and father we're all but will have to live after and she's only one of years old but you know it's to tell her you know we can't she wouldn't understand that but there is much that people don't understand about this disaster

feelings here amongst all of the people gathered here are very much ones of respect but all of the big growing questions as to why this happened reports about the ship's engines failing about blocked emergency exits and the electricity failure that stopped any s.o.s. or evacuation instructions going out from the criminal cases have been opened to why two ships passing straight after the sinking didn't stop to pick up a single person and to why the aging vessel was allowed to sail in the first place but for those who have lost loved ones the case will never be closed tom watson. watching argue live from moscow still has for us our the siding his base we can bring to london high court session which will rule whether it be extradition to sweden now that we get the salad or doing the sun will go ahead. if you worry over

the. phone hacking scandal gripping britain goes international as the u.s. senate takes aim at report birds media and. washington's plans of missile shield over europe has been labeled as made irritant behind a wide in russian american relations by foreign minister sergei lavrov the u.s. has brushed off moscow's concerns over the project maintaining the shields only to protect against attacks from rogue states but some say it's taking advantage of posed so you have bitterness to see through our he's got reports u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of course for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russian for him legally binding guarantees that a european missile defense project will not threaten russia's security there has been words before washington has many times said that the system would not be against russia but nasco needs to have it on paper some analyst explained that this urge that russia has for getting everything on paper with promises in the past that

were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards these borders but it did it can do it continued recruiting new members of the bottom line is words are good but words even legally binding agreement are that our foreign minister lavrov said that's probably the most irritating issue in the relations between the two countries and there is a huge desire to live it behind and to rather turn it into an area of cooperation on the ground being created on the basis of a national design of missile defense which was not accepted by us as a reasonable way to respond to what is received as the purpose of the system so we want to stick to the original of the. parts of the system which would create three six for the strategic studies for the but the. strategic stability area maybe just for the jugular arsenals of the parties. supports of the system

russia has offered building the missile shield in europe together but better after was turned down nato says russia can participate but it can't be a joint project because russia is not part of nato so that moscow says if that's the case let's base our relations on agreements not just words the shield itself according to the state department will have the whole of europe covered my colleague alex a year after he went to romania where the u.s. plans to build the radar and found out what it means for the local population take a listen to the voice of the romanian village of the still cannot believe his luck after washington picked this place in romania region to locate a new router base locals have been all smiles about hypothetical investment. when we first heard that the us had built a retard we were a little bit skewed to room for hundreds having this piece would mean infrastructure and possibly jobs as lou cools your piece and go to sue was deserted

for a long time now it will have a second chance. proposed base is to consist of greater facilities and interceptor rockets it is scheduled to be built by twenty fifteen and will become instrumental in president obama's european anti-missile defense shield in the one nine hundred fifty s. an airbase in the town of the ever cell in romania was used by the soviet forces now with washington's plans to place the raters station here locals have a job that should booker us change his foreign policy again the place will be occupied by the chinese similar plans were no joke for some other european countries thousands in the czech republic and poland protested against the initiative to have military bases on their soil with mixed results while the first line of interceptor missiles was eventually placed in poland the czechs suddenly pulled out of the anti-missile defense in romania there have been no demonstrations

like that at all there is a historical fact that makes romania one of the most pro-american countries in the world it has been explained by our ancestors the better things and the commies came from the east everybody was expecting the american to rebalance the whole thing so there is this sentiment and this feeling that. the presence of the us is contraband and specifically. the presence or influence of russia in the region if there is the real case then what security with this new shield provide and most importantly defense from whom not even two years since barack obama restructured the bush era european shield scheme most schools delight over the us president's move was replaced by feelings of discontent and concern. with worry that washington does something before informing us of these actions it

is unclear what exactly they are creating as soon as we understand that this isn't going to be used against russia when we will have legally. you're into stood up in this tension will be result of that despite being described as fruitful the recent summit between president nato ambassadors and sochi broke the consensus on missile defense so experts say the issue will remain a thorn in the side for both moscow and washington at least until next year when the next nato russia council meeting will be held in chicago by the time construction of the radio facility in the ever so little would most likely be in full swing. the reporting from various and book arrests in romania we get is founder julian assange continues his fight against extradition of the high court in london sweden wants to question the world's most famous whistleblower over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear extradition

to the scandinavian country will open a way for the u.s. to get its hands on him argues laura amatus covering the trial from outside the court building. today is the second day of what's expected to be a two day hearing old feet appeal of juvenile songs a bit whether he's to be extradited to sweden we're expecting wednesday to be given a bit to have agents on the hall open swedish prosecutor's office since yesterday was given a bit to his own defense i suppose left the court last night's completely tight lipped he didn't wave to any of his the bosses he was standing outside the court he just walked away which must be a direct instruction from his new legal team that he has high especially to deal with this hearing the new legal team seems to have taken on a new strategy that much more conciliatory about this case a much more concerned with european door and specifically the european arrest warrants under which students request to be extradited has been requested the legal

team auguring that the european arrest warrant is invalid because of discrepancies essentially between the allegations that have been made and the testimonies of the two alleged victims that a full count to be considered it's ranging from coercion and rights to break and the defense team has said that there is nothing in the victim's statement that amounts to that and that new evidence so a lot of consent in these statements and three of the poor allegations they say wouldn't even amounts to crimes in the u.k. that's very much the approach that that's taking hold so they are drawing attention to the fact that our phones have not been charged in sweden that he's wanted them maybe for questioning and they're saying has the prosecution started has he actually been accused of anything and if not then the european arrest warrant is in we may be able to expect a verdict at the end of wednesday but we may know the judge may refer the decision to another day he may put his off and give decision a few days or even

a few weeks' time we're hearing. reporting there from london and you can find more from our team on our website including the latest. news blogs and expert analysis some of the stories going on right now including how a world famous fast food chain turned into a grocery store officially at least adults in russia serves up and smart group save itself a super sized tax bill. also tightening the screws on child molesters chemical castration could be used on convicted paedophiles in russia as president pushes for tougher punishments. the world's two fast says growing economies india and china appear to have reached an economic face off the giants happy mutual export amounts but it's mostly wrong materials on india's part while china sells then a factor of the on even trade is putting new delhi at a growing disadvantage. it's dragon versus tiger in the battle for asian

supremacies india and china two of the fastest growing economies with the world's largest population vying for power and prestige in asia and beyond where india led the way in i t and back office is china research head in mobilizing its masses onto the factory floor fuelling a huge trade deficit and a reality india is forced to accept is normal for two hubble the. member actually moving. to india post world class or use in nuclear programs yet struggles to create every day jobs making everyday goods something this cotton tycoon knows all too well it's cheaper for him to export to china to get the job done than what india buy it back . we make a profit of ten percent more in the international market than the domestic market

ironically it's indian efficiency that's part of the problem with supply rapidly outpacing domestic demand. if you don't export then the cotton prices in india will crush and farmers will suffer even the original price this will increase the quantity of cotton and even the indian government is encouraging the export of course and can the cotton fields of india lies the heart of the indian chinese trade relationship more than seventy percent of the outsports from india to china are wrong materials like cotton however ninety percent of the outsports in china to india are manufactured goods if india is selling well then why should it matter well having a twenty billion dollar gap with your next door neighbor puts power in their hands and makes jobs in savings dry up at home and economists know that only by sewing up a successful manufacturing sector will in years large unskilled workforce be soaked up but it's a blind spot that's leading to blind. and we should focus on different models and

of the growing. growth of a. different world might see in future indian traders seem satisfied to because the set up means the money keeps rolling in. the benefits in exporting is that we get a bigger volume of cotton and we also get paid on time but new delhi is worried knowing it has to cut its cloth before its economic run of luck is sewn up preassure there are t.v. indoor india. and the taliban's biggest achievement in ten years that's what the group called the cessation of the half brother of afghan president karzai added that khandahar province a volatile region on the border with pakistan kerry vandyke who back in two thousand and eight was held by the taliban for forty five days says the killing

leaves washington with no ones who are in line when it comes to securing the region while the cars i was not just the governor or the shadow governor of kandahar he was the most powerful and the most popular person throughout all of southern afghanistan this shows that right now with the canadian troops pulling out and with the us trying to focus on eastern afghanistan feeling that we have controlled the south there is now a vacuum who is in power who can the west rely upon you know or the taliban have claimed responsibility for this but it's not clear that the taliban are responsible it could very easily be a power struggle i've also heard and others have reported that he was responsible for perhaps starting to bring the taliban together with the united states to negotiate therefore someone would have had a definite reason perhaps pakistan perhaps the taliban to stop this we don't know

yet who is responsible because they killed the person who had all the information. ahmed wali karzai was often accused of lengths was the taliban in afghanistan's illegal drugs straight ahead of russia's federal drop control service before even oss as a decade of military failures of the coalition forces in the country are helping watch his full interview in just over an hour here in r t but here's a quick preview. of this september will see the tenth anniversary of that interference it's longer the world war two but the situation in afghanistan hasn't improved and it's become even worse and even senior officials like general petraeus for example going to treat operation in afghanistan who would says the number of clashes there increases year after year in fact the number of clashes over the past ten years has increased more than a hundred times but i would say we have the assigned tasks been achieved but we see that the security in afghanistan has only gotten worse and it's said that our drug

production cannot be full because it damages the security situation so it's a kind of closed. the scandal surrounding river murdoch's media empire has gone international after a u.s. senator has called for their own probe and to the news corp if follows allegations that some of murdoch's newspapers attempted to bribe new york policeman for access to the call records of nine eleven victims in britain the outrage has turned explosive as details of the sheer scope of hacking while thousands of murder victims are going to set in richard adams editor of the day online news service thinks the illegal again data could be misused and not just by tabloids. i think that where this does become a question for national security is the idea that police are selling private phone numbers and private contact details of people like the royal family in the prime

minister yes obviously is not necessarily the same to sell these things to a newspaper as it would be to sell them to a terrorist organization but if you can do one you may be able to do the other so yes it's very serious but i think what people i talk to and. expecting is for the scandal to go up through rebecca brooks who's the chief executive of news international to james murdoch and james murdoch himself many people say should step down and take a break. let's now take a look at some other stories from around the world struggling viewers has been struck another blow as moody's one of the big three credit rating agencies has downgraded islands dance to chance status the move is a warning to investors around the world just as the bailed out economy verges on the brink of another crisis same agency the political and economic storm last week when it did the same for portugal's debt it also prompted a e.u.

finance ministers to vow to more regulation on credit rating agencies. french lawmakers have voted in favor of continuing the country's military operations in libya the decision was supported by the majority of the lower house of parliament french officials claim girl representatives after one of them a libyan leader is ready to discuss surrendering power stephen brown contributing editor of the front page online magazine believes the french are looking for an honorable way out of libya. france has just recently called for the rebels to negotiate with gadhafi and so the bombing will stop as soon as the they are at the negotiating table that shows to me that nato is surrendering the surrendering process has begun and i think. he is continuing just putting up a front of the moment looking for a way out so a peaceful doner withdrawal i can be and they thought was going to be an easy victory. i said way back when. they should i negotiated with numbers turned their

ground troops in immediately the rebels were too weak and a few don't know what they were thinking they simply got caught up in. their own human rights and. going through the u.n. waging war for the u.n. and this is the result you know there's no decision it's costing tens of millions of dollars civilians are being killed libyan civilians. sheerin into southern libya to protect the office so these i think he's the worst criminal than. the two shows of the war was never go protecting libyan civilians it was a vote to make sure the oil stayed safe with britain and france. well it's now time to take a look at what's happening in business dmitri's here with us. and those of you know warm welcome to the program switzerland as a top ten investor in russia the president of the two countries are meeting

wednesday for the you know gratian of the wholesome cement plant in moscow and to discuss a potential free trade agreement that we caught up with the swiss economic minister to find out what investors are looking for when it comes to russia. need their own need for pick an olive tree here in new york the technology being. offered by the swiss companies the big companies and the smaller companies as well and of the other side in switzerland from different branches the russian products russian product. development the here and there is quite positively and would be worth. being one spaced on the free trade agreement its growth can probably be increased significantly and that's what we are. stakes in seven companies to russia after accepting a bailout for its crisis hit economy and it's with include gas pipeline companies

and two refineries russian technologies corp and they run gazprom are among those interested in the answer it's received an eight hundred million dollar bailout last month as the cash strapped economy burns through its currency reserves. european commission has removed quotas for coming from russia and belarus the e.u. says the restrictive tariffs twenty years ago are no longer relevant amid growing fertiliser prices rogers will tell you world's largest producer by albert currently meets around thirteen percent of europe's them out. u.s. carbon of energy is said to award a seven hundred thirty million dollar loan to be american units of russians to manufacture service start funds will go to a great american factory that supplies u.s. automakers severstal north america provides steel components for general motors ford and chrysler recovery specializes in high technology steel that is lighter and safer than conventional first time for the markets now and the world prices are flat out to read a high as investors bet but increasing the u.s.

troop supplies and debt crisis in europe may hold the montreuil materials both light sweet and brant are down slightly this hour losing four cents and twenty four centers. across asia markets are positive of the data showed the chinese g.d.p. expanded a loss in expected pace hong kong property stocks gain those results and we did see china overseas land investment adding around six percent of one point financials are also strong japanese stocks are on the rise with a stronger yen however dampening sentiment than limiting gains this point four percent organic. in moscow trading kicked off around an hour ago looks flat to positive this is putting on point three percent nice legs just a notch let's take a look at some of the individual movers on the my six energy shares a week as well as looking for direction lukoil is down two point two percent caddy's up one half percent after that lifting of those as closures by the e.u.

and coal miners about spears continuance rally up another two percent this hour because the state run the bank is interested in purchasing assets in the company and we will be back in fifteen minutes time we'll update the headlines next. the. great for the full system we've got it from the biggest issues get the human voice

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